Laundry Room Renovations

This is really a continuation of this project Jim's downstairs bathroom project from 2010. I had to abandon this portion of it to renovate the kitchen and of course, the kids keep me very busy.

The laundry alcove got hit with a double whammy. Not only was the floor rotted out from the failed dryer exhaust that took out the bathroom floor, but also, the roof leaked down throught the back wall from a valley area that failed. The same contractor that did a lot of half-assed stuff to the bathroom and bedroom addition also put on a new roof while they were here. The house belonged to my inlaws and we bought it from them and, needless to say, they were taken advantage of.

But all that's ancient history. Moving forward, I will continue to repair and improve. I am in the process of finally taking out all the water damaged drywall and insulation as well as the floor. I also need to replace the washer hookups since that got old and failed. I posted on another thread about that and got some good advice on the fittings and my drain/waste vent system. problematic compression fitting on laundry hookup .

As you can see the washer shutoff is hooked up and a vent has been added to the washer drain trap. I teed the laundry vent into the vent pipe I installed in the attic for the bath tub. I had to cut an access hole in the bathroom ceiling to make that happen. I am planning on framing the bigger part of that patch using vinal trim to give me easier access in the future. I'll have to see how that looks. If I, or my wife hate it, I can still tape and mud it in.

Anyway, my washer and dryer have been in the basement for the past three years and I'm hoping to finally get them back upstairs by the end of summer. I plan to reuse one or two of the old kitchen cabinets for storage. There were two long shelves there before.

Finish floor or hang cabinets first.

I'v made slow progress from the point of these last pictures. The two things I have left to do here is finish the floor including replacing a small section of sub floor, underlayment and vinyl tiles. I also am planning to hang a couple of repurposed cabinets from my kitchen. I'd really like to hang the cabinets next but am wondering if I should progress on the floor first. Any thoughts? Or doesn't it matter that much?

This is one of the damaged sections of floor I need to replace. I was trying to be careful in cutting with the reciprocal saw but managed to cut into one of my water supply pipes and and had to repair it with a coupling. I switched to the circular saw with a 3/4 depth set after that.

Finish coat of paint. I have this type of 220 for this area. I don't use 220 at all but am wondering if this plug is outdated. Should I buy the other type now that I have it apart in the event I do want to use an electric dryer some day. Or is it really just personal choice?

I can smell victory. The end is near. This is the last section of bad floor that had to be torn out and replaced. When this addition was built, the builders put a 1 x 12 section across the threshold between the two structures. This of course bowed and moved over the years. My solution was to extend the replacement flooring over this area. I had to chisel a small corner of one the the cinder blocks showing to make the new floor lay flat. All the floor is glued and screwed down now. The only thing left to do on the floor now is remove the last of the stuck on vinyl, staple down the uunderlayment and stick on the vinyl tiles I bought years ago and stored in my bedroom.